NC Democratic activists meeting in Greensboro

State executive committee to elect new first vice-chair

Hundreds of North Carolina Democrats are meeting to pick a new No. 2 leader, honor past champions and try to regroup for the next round of elections.

The Democratic Party's State Executive Committee is slated to meet Saturday in Greensboro, followed by a reception named in part for former Gov. Jim Hunt and ex-Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry Frye.

The committee's agenda includes electing a new first vice chair after Nina Szlosberg-Landis resigned in June, citing differences with Chairman Randy Voller. Some party activists still want Voller out of his job.

Democrats are trying to get their bearings after last fall's elections left them without control of either the executive or legislative branch for the first time in more than a century. Municipal elections are this fall.

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